Apr 27, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

SC - Sciences

  
  • SC 45900 - Principles of Glaciology


    (4) The course deals with glaciers and ice sheets including basics of how and why glaciers form and physical properties of snow and ice. The course focuses on processes related to glacier mass balance, energy exchange at the glacier surface, glacier-climate interactions, and the response of glaciers to climate change. Additional topics include glacier hydrology, ice flow, and glacial erosion. Prerequisite:   and one of the following 1)  , 2)   , or 3) permission of instructor. Offered Fall (even years).
  
  • SC 48000 - Directed Study


    (1-4) Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered Fall/Spring.
  
  • SC 48500 - Practicum


    (1-12) Practical work experience in a given area of concentration under the cooperative guidance of a faculty member and an on-the-job supervisor. Offered Fall/Spring.
  
  • SC 49000 - Seminar


    (1-4) Small groups which meet with faculty members for in-depth study and discussion of particular topics. Appropriate course descriptions are published as seminars are offered. Offered as needed.
  
  • SC 49200 - Special Topics


    (1-4) Special topics in various fields are offered as needed. Appropriate course descriptions are published as topics are developed. Offered Fall/Spring.
  
  • SC 49800 - Senior Project Proposal


    (2) Students will explore senior project interests, exchange and critique project ideas, and formalize senior project proposals including description, literature review, timeline, learning outcomes, methodology, risk management, budget, and other relevant topics. Offered Fall and Spring.
  
  • SC 49900 - Senior Project


    (8) The senior project is the capstone of the student’s undergraduate career. The goal of the course is to identify, plan, implement, and evaluate a project that focuses the student’s skills and knowledge on his or her professional interests. Projects may be planned individually or in small groups. Students may register in increments of three or more credit hours, not to exceed twelve. Prerequisite:  . Offered Fall/Spring.

SS - Social Sciences

  
  • SS 20103 - American Government & Politics


    (4) The course provides a review of the U.S. political system, from its Greco-Roman roots through the establishment of the Constitution and development of the republic.  Students gain an understanding of political theory, including vocabulary, concepts, and different types of governmental structures.  Students also focus on how related social sciences such as geography, sociology, and economics add to understandings of politics.  Students consider our current governmental and political structures, from local to national in order to analyze their processes and appreciate how the U.S. system compares to others in today’s world. Satisfies SI Social/Behavioral Scientific Inquiry for Foundational Studies. Offered Spring.
  
  • SS 30500 - Advanced Studies in Social Sciences: Selected Topics


    (4) In-depth study of topics in the various social sciences. Methodologies used for quantitative and qualitative research are practiced in research projects. Offered as needed.

SUS - Sustainability Studies

  
  • SUS 11000 - Human Dilemma: Introduction to Sustainability


    (4) The course addresses transdisciplinary concerns related to sustainability and ecological literacy. These issues include human impacts on the environment, the roles of technology, our energy demands, and the ways in which the natural sciences intersect with the social sciences in the dialogue over our future on earth. Students are introduced to methodologies and theories from economics, politics, and sociology. Satisfies SI Social/Behavioral Scientific Inquiry for Foundational Studies. Offered Fall.
  
  • SUS 21000 - Green Global Politics


    (4) This course integrates perspectives from environmental and political sciences with two emphases: on our unique ability to control, direct, and manipulate energy sources, from food to the hydrogen atom; and on the environmental consequences of this ability. While traditional political science courses focus on human political and social aspects, this one goes further to recognize the ways in which environmental influences affect politics and society. Satisfies SI Social/Behavioral Scientific Inquiry for Foundational Studies.  Offered Fall.
  
  • SUS 24500 - Sustainable Communities


    (4) Participants will be introduced to the field of environmental studies through a wide range of sustainability issues, including waste, energy, agriculture, water, development, and subsistence. Offered Fall.
  
  • SUS 32500 - Environmental Problem Solving


    (4) Environmental Problem Solving gives participants the opportunity to actively engage with solving environmental and sustainability issues. Participants will bring knowledge and experience from their individual majors to work in interdisciplinary teams to define, analyze, negotiate, and implement environmental solutions. Offered Spring.
  
  • SUS 38500 - Farm Production Practicum


    (1-12) Practical, experiential learning related to farm production.  Practicum involves hands-on work at APU’s Kellogg Spring Creek Farm Campus.  Depending on the season and production cycle, practicum can be focused on one aspect of farm production, or may involve a range of activity including propagation techniques, planting, cultivating, harvesting, and marketing.
  
  • SUS 41700 - Environmental Justice: Politics and Poetics


    (4) This course examines the social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of environmental justice by analyzing the movement’s theoretical frameworks and literature. The course provides students interested in sustainability, environmental science, advocacy, policy, writing, or literature an opportunity to learn how to conduct case study research and effectively participate in environmentally and socially conscious policy making. Offered Spring odd years.

WL - World Languages

  
  • WL 10100 - Elementary Central Yup’ik Language I


    (4) This is an introductory course for students with little, or no, prior knowledge of the Central Yup’ik language. Students will develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Central Yup’ik for effective communication at the elementary level. The course also addresses the history of Alaska Native languages and culture. This course is held on the UAA Campus; alternative calendar may apply. Satisfies Cultural and Historical Perspectives; Effective Communication for Foundational Studies.  Offered Fall
  
  • WL 10200 - Elementary Tlingit Language I


    (4) This is an introductory course for students with little, or no, prior knowledge of the Tlingit language. Students will develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Tlingit for effective communication at the elementary level. The course also addresses the history of Alaska Native languages and culture. This course is held on the UAA Campus; alternative calendar may apply. Satisfies Cultural and Historical Perspectives; Effective Communication for Foundational Studies.   Offered Fall
  
  • WL 10300 - Elementary Inupiaq I


    (4) This is an introductory course for students with little, or no, prior knowledge of the Inupiaq language. Students will develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Inupiaq for effective communication at the elementary level. The course also addresses the history of Alaska Native languages and culture. This course is held on the UAA Campus; alternative calendar may apply. Satisfies Cultural and Historical Perspectives; Effective Communications for Foundational Studies.  Offered Fall
  
  • WL 11000 - Elementary Central Yup’ik Language II


    (4) This is continuing study of Central Yup’ik language students with some knowledge of the Central Yup’ik language. Students will develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Central Yup’ik for more effective communication and comprehensive use of language in everyday situations. The course also addresses the history of Alaska Native languages and culture. This course is held on the UAA Campus; alternative calendar may apply. Prerequisite: Elementary Central Yup’ik I (or permission of instructor). Offered Spring.  Satisfies: Cultural and Historical Perspectives. 
  
  • WL 11001 - American Sign Language I


    (4) An introduction to American Sign Language that provides students with the foundation for understanding the development of ASL as a culture as well as a form of communication. Students will learn the basic signs and forms of ASL, when and where to use these forms and why. Offered Fall.
  
  • WL 11002 - American Sign Language II


    (4) An introduction to American Sign Language that provides students with the foundation for understanding the development of ASL as a culture as well as a form of communication. Students will learn the basic signs and forms of ASL, when and where to use these forms and why. Offered as needed.
  
  • WL 11021 - French I


    (4) Conversational French with an introduction to grammatical structures, reading, and writing. Offered as needed.
  
  • WL 11022 - French II


    (4) Conversational French with an introduction to grammatical structures, reading, and writing. Offered as needed.
  
  • WL 11051 - Latin I


    (4) To acquire an elementary reading knowledge of Latin and the skills to accomplish basic translations independently. Offered as needed.
  
  • WL 11052 - Latin II


    (4) To acquire an elementary reading knowledge of Latin and the skills to accomplish basic translations independently. Offered as needed.
  
  • WL 11071 - Spanish I


    (4) Focus on oral Spanish with grammatical foundations and practice in reading and writing. Offered as needed.
  
  • WL 11072 - Spanish II


    (4) Focus on oral Spanish with grammatical foundations and practice in reading and writing. Offered as needed.
  
  • WL 11200 - Elementary Tlingit Language II


    (4) This is an introductory course for students with some prior knowledge of the Tlingit language. Students will develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Tlingit for effective communication at the elementary level. The course also addresses the history of Alaska Native languages and culture. This course is held on the UAA Campus; alternative calendar may apply. Elementary Tlingit I (or permission of instructor) is a prerequisite. Satisfies: Cultural and Historical Perspectives. Offered: Spring.
  
  • WL 11400 - Elementary Inupiaq II


    (4) This is an introductory course for students with some prior knowledge of the Inupiaq language. Students will develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Inupiaq for effective communication at the elementary level. The North Slope variety of Inupiatun will be used. The course also addresses the history of Alaska Native languages and culture. This course is held on the UAA Campus; alternative calendar may apply. Prerequisite: Elementary Inupiaq I (or permission of the instructor). Satisfies: Cultural and Historical Perspectives.  Offered Spring.

WRIT - Written Communication

  
  • WRIT 10001 - Strategies for Effective Writing


    (2) Strategies for Effective Writing offers intensive practice in the writing process for any student seeking to improve written communication. Students gain enhanced awareness of writing and thinking patterns that can increase efficiency in developing a main message; gathering information and using it ethically; and drafting, revising and editing with an audience in mind. Can be taken concurrently with WRIT 10100. Can be repeated once.  Offered Fall/Spring.
  
  • WRIT 10002 - Strategies for Effective Writing in the Workplace


    (2) Strategies for Effective Writing in the Workplace offers intensive practice in the writing process for any student seeking to improve written communication. Students gain enhanced awareness of writing and thinking patterns particularly to address workplace or professional expectations. Students increase efficiency in developing a main message; gathering information and using it ethically; and drafting, revising and editing with the workplace in mind. Can be taken concurrently with WRIT 10100. Can be repeated once.  Offered as needed.
  
  • WRIT 10100 - Writing & Research I: Argumentation


    (4) WRIT 10100 enhances skills in reading, writing and information gathering to help students meet foundational competency in effective communication as well as critical thinking.   Students will develop their understanding of how to logically develop and support a thesis for academic and lifelong writing. WRIT 10100 emphasizes revision for clarity, conciseness and cohesion for college-level argumentation. Key sequenced assignments include: paraphrase and summary that accurately state the ideas of others; citation that demonstrates ethical use of the ideas of others; written argumentation that responds logically to the ideas of others; and presentation that demonstrates foundational fluidity in syntax and mechanics.  The enduring value of Writing & Research I is that it introduces students to the rewards of a lifelong commitment to improving thinking in writing.   For associate-level degrees, satisfies EC Written Communications for Foundational Studies. Prerequisite:    or   or placement by examination. Minimum grade of C (defined as C+, C, C-) or better required for course completion. Offered Fall/Spring.
  
  • WRIT 20100 - Writing & Research II: Inquiry


    (4) WRIT 20100 advances skills developed in WRIT 10100 to help students meet foundational competency in effective communication and as well as informed inquiry.   Students will enhance their understanding of how to apply skills in reading, writing and information gathering to a self-generated research question. WRIT 20100 emphasizes effective writing for multiple audiences, including discipline-specific and professional audiences. Key sequenced assignments involve: synthesizing information from multiple sources to support and develop a self-generated research topic; achieving foundational proficiency in academic citation styles for effective, ethical thinking in writing; analyzing ways that audience expectations shape written communication.  The enduring value of Writing & Research II is that it advances lifelong effective communication, grounded in self-directed inquiry and ethical use of information. Writing & Research II develops the ability to advance ideas and connect with multiple audiences through writing. Satisfies EC Written Communication for Foundational Studies. Prerequisite: WRIT 10100  or placement by examination. Minimum grade of C (defined as C+, C, C-) or better required for course completion. Offered Fall/Spring.

NUR - Nursing

  
  • NUR 20000 - Culturally Safe Nursing Practice Fundamentals, Inquiry & Lab


    (4) This course incorporates fundamental nursing concepts and skills required for the delivery of culturally safe, effective nursing care of individuals across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on the development of communication skills, physical assessment, nursing, collaborative medical and pharmacologic skills and interventions within a cultural safety context. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to safely perform specified independent and collaborative nursing interventions. Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program. Offered: Fall.
  
  • NUR 20500 - Foundations of Pathopharmacology


    (3) This course explores the mechanisms underlying disease or altered body functioning, with focus on: cellular communication, genes and genetic disease, forms of cellular injury, fluid and electrolyte/acid base balance, immunity, inflammation, stress coping and illness.  Pathophysiology of the most common alterations according to body systems will be discussed as well as the latest developments in research and patient centered nursing interventions. 

    Principles of pathophysiology will be integrated with pharmacology to provide a contextual and physiologic basis for the study of selected medications used to treat and manage disease.  Pharmacologic concepts and principles will be situated within the scope of nursing responsibilities and practice standards. Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program. Offered: Fall.

  
  • NUR 21000 - Culturally Safe Nursing Practice 1: Introduction to Concepts & Theory


    (3) In this course you will learn the skills of self-awareness; in particular, what you need to learn about yourself so that you can be open to the possibilities, wonders and depths of your nursing experiences and so that you can be culturally safe with the people you will encounter on your nursing journey.  In this course we hope to spark in you a spirit of inquiry, the desire to want to know, and we’ll teach you how to ask questions in a way that will lead you to important, if not sometimes unexpected, answers.  This course will help you to learn to think about your thinking and will introduce and help you to integrate critical thinking principles and processes into your daily practice.  In this course we will discover how do we tell our stories, what do we pay attention to, how do we connect the details, what does this tell us about what happened and what decisions do we make about ourselves, others, nursing, healthcare, groups, communities, and life, and how does this impact our unique human story.  We will take this awareness and apply the process as we learn together about the cultural stories of nursing, healthcare, and Alaskan peoples and communities, and discover how do these stories impact aspects of your nursing story. Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program. Offered: Fall.
  
  • NUR 21500 - Culturally Safe Nursing Practice 2: Critical Thinking and Evidence Evaluation


    (3) In this course you will learn about the multifaceted nursing roles required for culturally safe professional nursing practice.  These roles include the nurse as advocate, teacher, caregiver, safeguard, and researcher, practicing in layers of cultural contexts.  You will learn about nursing and cultural concepts that you will encounter in your nursing practice from different cultural perspectives.  You will learn about nursing ethics, including an analysis of the ANA Code of Ethics, ethical decision-making processes, and how to establish and maintain appropriate professional boundaries. You will learn about the nurse as a part of the healthcare team and how to be effective in your roles on that team.  You will learn how integrate critical thinking principles and practices into the nursing process to support sound, ethical, effective clinical decision making.  We will discuss the current state of nursing’s story, the state of the scope of nursing practice in vastly different healthcare contexts, what is currently important to nurses and to nursing, and what is nursing’s story about our profession? We will have frank conversations about if that is what we want our story to be and what do we do if it’s not. We will take your spirit of inquiry and apply your literature review skills to evaluate health, wellness, illness and healing knowledge from the many ways of knowing – to help inform your culturally safe nursing practice.   Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program. Offered: Fall.
  
  • NUR 22000 - Culturally Safe Nursing Practice 3: Critical Thinking and Evidence Integration


    (3) This course focuses on building the knowledge and skills necessary to take the perspectives of others – a critical skill for patient-centered care.   What is their story? How do they see nurses, nursing, and related concepts? What do they need from nurses – and more directly, what do they need from you?  This course will challenge you to explore nursing concepts from unique individual perspectives, including concepts such as health and wellness, suffering and healing, age and youth, death and dying, life and living, individual and family, community and belonging. The intent is to help you gain the awareness and perspective of the unique, unfamiliar other.  This course will show you how to apply critical thinking skills and nursing process to evaluate the value of proposed solutions/interventions from different ways of knowing, for your unique, individual patients.  Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program. Offered: Fall.
  
  • NUR 26000 - Culturally Safe Mental and Behavioral Health Nursing Practice


    (3) This course focuses on the concepts of: utilizing basic human needs, developmental theory, nursing process, therapeutic communication, and nursing interventions to promote and maintain health for clients and families experiencing mental health issues. The student will examine client response to stressors across the lifespan. Tasks of biological-behavioral concepts in psychosocial nursing care, rural and cultural impacts will be addressed. It includes a clinical that applies the knowledge of psychiatric and mental health nursing. Students will have mental health focused clinical experiences in a variety of settings across the lifespan. Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program. Offered: Spring.
  
  • NUR 26500 - Holistic Care of the Chronically Ill: Inquiry & Practicum


    (6) This course focuses on the role of the nurse in the culturally safe collaborative healthcare management (nursing, medical and pharmacologic) of individuals experiencing with chronic illnesses.  It adds to foundational knowledge of pathophysiology, traditional, western-medical and pharmacologic interventions and assists learners as they refine their critical thinking using the nursing process grounded in cultural safety in the care of individuals experiencing chronic illnesses. Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program. Offered: Spring.
  
  • NUR 30000 - Professional Nursing


    (3) This course provides post-licensure BSN students with an expanded understanding of professional nursing role in the provision of culturally safe care of self, individuals, families, groups and communities.  Students will explore healthcare delivery systems and clinical decision-making processes (nursing process) situated within nursing frameworks, theories and philosophies. Prerequisites: current, unencumbered RN license.  End-of-Program outcomes:  1,2,3,5.
  
  • NUR 30500 - Healthcare Ethics


    (3) The focus of this course is to assist students to integrate cultural safety and nursing ethical principles into professional nursing practice. The student will examine his/her own cultural and traditional values to build the requisite self-knowledge necessary to practice culturally safe care.  The course is centered around the cultural safety concepts of: personal knowledge, positive purpose, protocols, process and partnership.  Using the cultural safety framework, students will examine ethical nursing issues encountered in modern healthcare environments, and identify culturally safe resources and interventions utilized in the nurse advocacy role. Prerequisites: current, unencumbered RN license.  End-of-program outcomes:  1,2,3,4,5.
  
  • NUR 31000 - Evidence Based Research & Practice


    (3) This course prepares students to research evidence-based practice and integrate findings into professional nurse practice settings.  This course incorporates principles of evidence-based practice from a cultural safety framework, to assist students to integrate research, clinician knowledge and patient perspectives into professional nursing.   Learning will culminate in an evidence-based practice scholarly project targeted toward a specific patient population that adheres to cultural safety, evidence-based practice and ethical principles. Prerequisites: current, unencumbered RN license. End-of-program outcomes:  1,3,4.
  
  • NUR 31500 - Pathophysiology


    (3) This course explores the pathophysiologic mechanisms that cause disease or altered body functioning across the lifespan.  Particular focus will be afforded to pathophysiologic conditions comprising health disparities of Alaska Native and American Indian populations, with attention to underlying genetic, cellular, immune and inflammatory mechanisms.  Prerequisites: current, unencumbered RN license.  End-of-program outcomes:  1,3.
  
  • NUR 32000 - Health Assessment


    (3) This course is designed to provide students with the advanced skills needed to complete culturally safe, holistic, individualized health assessments.  Students will refine and adapt their assessment skills for individuals across the lifespan, according to their unique health needs and cultural influences.  Approaches for interpretation of assessment data, selection of appropriate interventions, and evaluation of nursing care effectiveness will be emphasized. Prerequisites: current, unencumbered RN license.  End-of-program outcomes:  1,2,3,4.
  
  • NUR 32500 - Culturally Safe Nursing Practice 4: Critical Thinking and Synthesis of Evidence


    (2) This course assists the student to apply critical thinking skills and nursing process in the synthesis of evidence from nursing, healthcare and traditional ways of knowing into a culturally safe recommendations to improve the health of Alaskan communities. Learners will apply principles of Evidence-Based Practice to an approved topic of their choice.  For this topic, learners will generate a synthesis of evidence, which will include a list of culturally safe, evidence-based interventions, focused on improving the health of Alaskan communities. Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program. Offered: Fall.
  
  • NUR 36000 - Holistic Care of the Critically Ill: Inquiry & Practicum


    (3) This course focuses on the role of the nurse in the culturally safe collaborative healthcare management (nursing, medical and pharmacologic) of individuals experiencing with critical, life-threatening health conditions. It adds to foundational knowledge of pathophysiology, traditional, western-medical and pharmacologic interventions and assists learners as they refine their critical thinking using the nursing process grounded in cultural safety in the care of individuals experiencing critical, life-threatening health conditions. Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program.
  
  • NUR 36500 - Holistic Care of the Acutely Ill: Inquiry & Practicum


    (6) This course focuses on the role of the nurse in the culturally safe collaborative healthcare management (nursing, medical and pharmacologic) of individuals experiencing with chronic illnesses. It adds to foundational knowledge of pathophysiology, traditional, western-medical and pharmacologic interventions and assists learners as they refine their critical thinking using the nursing process grounded in cultural safety in the care of individuals experiencing acute illnesses. Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program. Offered: Spring.
  
  • NUR 37500 - Holistic Care of Parents & Newborns: Inquiry & Practicum


    (3) This course focuses on nursing care of childbearing families using both nursing and developmental theories. Biophychosocial factors, legal, ethical, cultural and educational considerations related to pregnancy, birth and newborn periods are included.  An historical overview of obstetrical advances and parent-child nursing are presented.  Practice in providing nursing care to families during each phase of the childbearing cycle in Alaska hospitals and clinics. The nursing process is used with emphasis on the theoretical and empirical basis of practice. Experience in patient/family teaching such as childbirth classes is included. Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program. Offered: Fall.
  
  • NUR 38500 - Transition to Registered Nursing Practice: Inquiry & Practicum


    (4) This course focuses on building the knowledge and skills needed for practice as a registered nurse in the microsystem of a work unit. Emphasis is placed on contemporary healthcare issues and developing skills requisite for high quality, effective, culturally safe care. Legal and ethical issues are discussed with a focus on personal accountability and responsibility. Standards of practice and the significance of functioning according to state regulations and statutes within a cultural safety framework are analyzed. Precepted clinical experiences provide the student the opportunity to apply and integrate theoretical concepts, time management, prioritization, nursing and healthcare interventions, and cultural safety into registered nursing practice.  Prerequisite: Admission to the ADN Program. Offered: Fall.
  
  • NUR 40000 - Nursing Leadership


    (3) The professional leadership role to synthesize major curriculum concepts is explored and developed within a cultural safety framework. Health care needs, delivery patterns, services, and resources are identified and analyzed. Students discuss and define various roles within leadership, such as manager, teacher, participant in care delivery, and change agent. Major topics of discussion include:  leadership styles, group dynamics, collaborative practice, organizational structure, management processes, management styles, and change.  Prerequisites: current, unencumbered RN license.  End-of-program outcomes:  1,2,4,5.
  
  • NUR 40500 - Healing Therapies


    (3) This course assists students to apply cultural safety principles in the analysis of both healing traditions and Western medicine contexts.  Nurses will be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to advocate for the inclusion of healing traditions and therapies into culturally safe nursing practice. Prerequisites: current, unencumbered RN license. End-of-program outcomes:  1,2,3,4.
  
  • NUR 41000 - Healthcare Informatics


    (3) This course emphasizes the use of information technologies and management systems to support decision making in nursing practice, administration, research, and education. Technologies discussed include: general functions, evolution and adoption of health information systems; information resources, databases, HIPAA and information security. Students will consider the functions of health information systems, including the support the delivery of services and the collection, storage, and retrieval of information. Ethical and legal issues of healthcare technologies will be examined from a cultural safety lens, and their impact on patients and healthcare delivery. Prerequisites: current, unencumbered RN license. End-of-program outcomes: 1,2,3,4,5.
  
  • NUR 41500 - Population & Community Health: Inquiry & Practicum


    (6) The course emphasizes the knowledge and skills necessary for the delivery of nursing care of communities and populations utilizing a cultural safety context. Areas of emphasis include: cultural and environmental influences on health, public health principles, family and community assessment, population and socioeconomic disparities, risk reduction, healthy behaviors, and promotion of interventions that optimize health outcomes.  This course also serves as the clinical course where nurses apply their knowledge and skills in the delivery of nursing care of communities and populations, utilizing a cultural safety context. Structured and unstructured health care environments are utilized to provide clinical experiences with individuals, families, groups, and populations in a community health setting.  Prerequisites: current, unencumbered RN license; NUR 32000 Health Assessment ; NUR 41000 Healthcare Informatics . End-of-program outcomes:  1,2,3,4,5.
  
  • NUR 49800 - Senior Project I


    (4) NUR 49800 and 49900 represent the culmination of student learning in the bridge program, where students synthesize their learning and knowledge to design and implement a durable project. This project will fill a nursing specific need in the student’s identified area of interest, and will demonstrate student’s knowledge of evidence based practice, nursing ethics, nursing leadership, clinical expertise, research, and cultural safety foundation.

    Students will complete the first few steps of the senior project process by 1) identify concept of concern 2) develop a PICOT question 3) conduct a literature review 4) establish a senior project committee 4) write a prospectus  for approval 5) write the project proposal to include methods 6) prior to end of semester submit application to IRB for approval if needed.  Prerequisites: WRIT 20100 Writing & Research II: Inquiry  or equivalent; NUR 31000 Evidence Based Research & Practice . End-of-program outcomes:  1,2,3,4,5.

  
  • NUR 49900 - Senior Project II


    (4) NUR 49800 and 49900 represent the culmination of student learning in the bridge program, where students synthesize their learning and knowledge to design and implement a durable project. This project will fill a nursing specific need in the student’s identified area of interest, and will demonstrate student’s knowledge of evidence based practice, nursing ethics, nursing leadership, clinical expertise, research, and cultural safety foundation.

    Students will complete the remaining steps of the senior project 1) conduct project activates, data gathering 2) interpret and write up results, implications for future projects 3) submit final product to committee for approval 5) formally present project in a public forum Prerequisite: NUR 49800 Senior Project I .  End-of-program outcomes:  1,2,3,4,5.

 

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